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Bland diet   hiatus hernia  
Cardiac diet   low in fat/cholesterol, restricts sodium and calories  
Clear fluids diet   liquids that you can see through  
Diabetic diet   prescribed number of calories  
Full fluids diet   generally follows clear fluid diet  
Gluten-free diet   Celiac disease  
High-calorie diet   anorexia  
High-fibre diet   stimulates peristaltic action  
High-protein diet   promotes tissue repair and weight gain  
Ice chips or sips only diet   major surgery  
Low-residue/surgical soft diet   colostomy  
Minced diet   patients can swallow a little  
No added salt diet   ordered for patients with fluid retention  
Progressive diet   food introduced in stages  
Pureed diet   dysphagia  
Regular diet   no restrictions  
Soft diet   involves little or no chewing  
Transitional diet   introduced to selected solid foods before or after surgery  
10 Fr. NG tube   10 French nasogastric tube  
AL   albumin  
AST   aspartate aminotransferase  
BRAT   bananas, rice, applesauce, toast  
BSP   bowel sounds are present  
BUN   blood urea nitrogen  
cal   calories  
Cardiac diet   diet for patients with heart disease  
CBC   complete blood count  
CDA diet   Canadian Diabetic Association diet  
CF   clear fluids  
CF-DAT   clear fluids progress to diet as tolerated  
d/c or dc   discontinue  
DAT   diet as tolerated  
DD   diabetic diet  
EF   enteral feed  
FF   full fluids  
FF-DAT   full fluids progress to diet as tolerated  
GF   gluten-free  
G-tubes   gastrostomy tube  
HF   high fibre diet  
HP   high protein diet  
IDDM   insulin dependant diabetes mellitus  
INR   international normalized ratio  
IV   intravenous  
J-tubes   jejunostomy tube  
LOW SODIUM   low sodium diet (less than 3000 mg/day)  
LR   low residue diet  
MIC device   bard button  
NAS   no added salt diet (3000-4000 mg/day)  
N-G tube   nasogastric tube  
NIDDM   non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus  
NPO   nothing by mouth  
OGTT   oral glucose tolerance test  
PAR   parenteral feed  
PE   puree  
PEG tube   percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube  
PTT   partial thromboplastin time  
REG   regular/full diet  
SOFT/SURGICAL   soft surgial diet (low in fibre)  
SS   surgical soft diet  
T&A   tonisilectomy and adenoidectomy  
TPN   total parenteral nutrition  
TPN baseline   total parental nutrition baseline lab work  
VERY LOW SODIUM   very low sodium diet (2000 mg/day or less)  
VMA   vanillylmandelic acid test  


   


 

 

 
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